Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief

Tolga Ozmen, MD
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Research areas: Breast cancer, Breast surgical oncology, Lymphedema, Breast cancer–related lymphedema, Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer, AI in oncology, Breast cancer diagnosis, Breast cancer treatment, Surgical outcomes in breast cancer, Personalized medicine in breast cancer
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Eli Avisar, MD, Professor
Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, USA
Research areas: Breast surgery, Surgical oncology
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Gian Luca Baiocchi, MD, FACS, Professor
Medical and Surgical Sciences, Surgical Clinic, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
Research areas: Laparoscopic surgery, Upper GI cancers, Pancreatic cystic neoplasms, Primary hepatic malignancies, Colorectal cancer, Gallbladder diseases
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Mario De Bellis, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Research areas: Hepato-pancreato-bilary and General surgery
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David J. Bentrem, MD, Professor
Surgery, Northwestern university, USA
Research areas: General surgery, Surgical oncology, Clinical investigations
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Raymond E. Bourey,  MD, FAASM, Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Research areas: Pancreatic transplant physiology, Complications of diabetes, Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, Obesity surgery – physiology, Surgical nutrition and complications, Sleep medicine
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Muhammad Umar Butt, MD
Lone Star Surgical Consultants at McKinney, TX, USA
Research areas: Trauma, Emergency surgery, Surgical critical care, Oncological surgery, Breast surgery, Vascular surgery, General surgery, Shock, Resuscitation, Diverticulitis, Appendicitis etc
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Joan Figueras, MD
Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dr Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain
Research areas: Hepatobiliary and pancreatic Surgery
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Laura Fortuna, MD
Digestive Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Research areas: General Surgery, Upper-GI surgery, Advanced interventional endoscopy, Colorectal surgery, Robotic surgery
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Christina Fotopoulou, MD, PhD, Professor
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
Research areas: Gynecologic oncology
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Jean-Marc Joseph, MD, PhD, Dr.
Pediatric Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Research areas: Surgical oncology, Pediatric surgery, Visceral and thoracic surgery
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Radwan Kassir, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Digestive Surgery, Uuniversity Hospital Center of Saint-Étienne, France
Research areas: Abdominal surgery, Digestive surgery, General surgery
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Pierfrancesco Lapolla, MD, Dr. 
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
Research areas: Trauma surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Surgical oncology, Vascular surgery, Surgical education and training, Global surgery
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Gerrit Matthes, MD, Professor
Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany
Research areas: Fracture care, Multiple trauma, Trauma management, Emergency care, Joint reconstruction
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Joo-Hyun Nam, MD, PhD, Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Research areas: Gynecologic oncology, Laparoscopic oncologic surgery
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Sung-Soo Park, MD, PhD, Professor
Division of Upper GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Research areas: Gastric cancer, Minimally invasive surgery, Robotic surgery, Laparoscopic surgery
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Janice L Pasieka, MD FRCSC FACS
Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Research areas: Surgery and oncology
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Oliver Pieske, MD, Associate Professor
 Department of Trauma Surgery, Evangelic Hostpital Oldenburg, Germany
Research areas: Trauma osteosynthesis, Biomechanics, Pin-coating for external fixation, Cervical spine trauma, Road traffic injuries, Biodegradable implants
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Hans-Peter Simmen, MD, Professor
Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, University Medical School Zurich, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Research areas: Trauma, Surgery
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Lorraine Tafra, MD, FACS
Associate Chair of Academics, Department of Surgery; Medical Director, The Rebecca Fortney Breast Center; Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, USA
Research areas: Breast surgery
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Umasankar Mathuram Thiyagarajan, MD, FRCSEd, Consultant Surgeon
Consultant Surgeon, Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery; University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada; Honorary Consultant, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Research areas: General Surgery, Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Surgery
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